\n Aggie Therapy, based at The Stables on Castleland Street in Barry, offers a “warm, accessible and human-centred” approach to mental health support under the direction of trainee Gestalt psychotherapist Aggie Lacey.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Lacey said: “Being human can be hard, and I\u2019m here to help.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Therapy isn\u2019t only for people in crisis, it\u2019s for anyone who wants to understand themselves better or build resources within their relationships and daily life.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Currently training with the Welsh Psychotherapy Institute, Ms Lacey is a member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).\n<\/p>\n
\n She said her aim is to create a supportive environment where people feel safe enough to explore and better understand themselves.\n<\/p>\n
\n Aggie Therapy delivers short and long-term psychotherapy and relational counselling, offering 50-minute sessions either face-to-face in Barry or remotely across the UK.\n<\/p>\n
\n Her approach combines Gestalt psychotherapy, neuroscience insight, and trauma-informed practice.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Lacey works with clients through both conversation and physical awareness, helping them explore the body\u2019s responses and the “felt sense” of experience that can be difficult to put into words.\n<\/p>\n
\n She said: “You know yourself best, even if it doesn\u2019t feel that way right now.\n<\/p>\n
\n “My role is to work alongside you, gently exploring how past experiences shape the present, and supporting you to build the resources you need.”\n<\/p>\n
\n To make therapy more accessible, Ms Lacey offers a free initial consultation and encourages individuals to meet with several therapists before choosing one.\n<\/p>\n
\n She also advises that therapy is open to everyone, not just those in crisis.\n<\/p>\n
\n Clients seek support for reasons including anxiety, depression, trauma, neurodiversity, addiction, relationship difficulties, and workplace stress.\n<\/p>\n
\n Ms Lacey said: “Therapy is about being human.\n<\/p>\n
\n “Whatever brings you here is valid.”\n<\/p>\n
\n The practice aims to make professional mental health support available and approachable for the Barry community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aggie Therapy, based at The Stables on Castleland Street in Barry, offers a “warm, accessible and human-centred” approach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":335875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-335874","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mental-health","tag-health","tag-mental-health","tag-mentalhealth","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335874","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=335874"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/335874\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/335875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=335874"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=335874"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=335874"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}